It's being compared to the E-20 in a positive way - and it's in my price range (I can get it online for 650, not the 800 BB's wants for it). So, any thoughts?

I'm discovering I've got a growing passion for photography, and digital seems to be my medium - i suck at film for some reason. I think this camera will be IT for me until Fovean x3 technology reaches a more reasonable $$$-wise (and more useful) level.

Niether does <a href="http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/c5050.html">Steve's Digicams</a>, have a final review, but from the looks of the camera features looks like it does most of what anyone would need. It would be nice if there were some photo examples you could take a look at somewhere, but there doesn't seem to be.

Yah, it'll be a while before I actually take the plunge and buy this camera. I have a real problem buying things like this - I can't accept the fact it's several hundred dollars hehe Hopefully I make a purchase by end of this month or next month.

So far it's looking like the camera for me. I've seen some sample shots, you can view them here:

http://wrotniak.net/photo/c5050/c5050-samp.html

http://www.pbase.com/duramate/c5050z

so far, they seem really nice. I've read you have to do a lot of tweaking to get the pictures just right, but I figured you would have to with any camera anyway, right?

Valkyre's requirements were zoom and marco. I don't believe in 'digital' zoom (I can do that in Photochop and what counts is getting the most data onto the ccd) so I looked for the best glass I could afford. Her Fuji has a 6:1 optical zoom w/marco focusing. The 1600x1200 resolution of the 2 Megapixels works out to 10 2/3" x 8" at 150 dpi which is fine enough for me.